G'day, here in Australia we speak English, and play Cricket, Mate.

In reality, American English is based on an older English by about 2
centuries. The main reason also why some of the spelling is different (e.g.
colour - color) is also because until ww2 a high percentage of Americans
were illiterate. The US army claimed to have taught about 2-3 million men
how to read and write during that time. They simplified some of the spelling
to help fast track the process. That is why it is more phonetic or so I have
been told.


"Bobby Galvez" wrote in message
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Russell wrote:

Thanks Tom for the history. I wondered what happened to the company.

I am sorry for my typo I am truely humbled by sooooo meny pepl wo cn
spel
properely an therefour must bee bettter peple dan me.



It's called humor.

Unless you're in Great Britain, in which case it's "humour."

Don't feel bad - there's an entire nation over there that never bothered
to
change the spelling of all the words they borrowed from the French.

;-)

BobbyG